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This week has been quite busy for me. The Joint Commission came to our hospital and turned everyone into mad chickens running around with their heads cut off. For those who are not familiar, the Joint Commission accredits and certifies more than 18,000 health care organizations in the US ensuring that safe and effective care is provided to patients. After 5 days of pure stress, I decided to treat myself to something heavenly, tiramisu! I wanted an easy, no bake tiramisu with its essence uncompromised. The key to a good tiramisu is mascarpone cheese. Absolutely no substitution! Mascarpone cheese originated from Lombardy, Italy and is much lighter than most cheeses but thicker than whipped cream. You will not find mascarpone cheese in the dairy aisle of your neighborhood Vons or Albertsons. After searching for days, I finally found it at Whole Foods. If you find it somewhere else, please let me know. I also discovered chocolate truffles from France at Costco this weekend and decided to top off my tiramisu with these divine truffles in addition to cocoa powder. You can definitely wow your family and friends with this homemade, fuss free tiramisu this holiday season. Why not do something nontraditional for dessert! I hope you will find this dessert as divine as I did.